The Mind-Body Connection with Dr. Will Cole - How Neglecting your Emotional Health is Affecting your Physical Body

<p dir="ltr">Are you in tune with your gut intuition? Today on The Girlfriend Doctor, I discuss the mind-body connection with leading functional-medicine expert, Dr. Will Cole. He is among the top 50 functional and integrative doctors in America and the author of The New York Times best-seller, Intuitive Eating. In this episode, we explore the connection between mental and physical health from his soon-to-be-released book, Gut Feelings. </p> <p dir="ltr">Conventional medicine often overlooks the mind-body connection, usually only addressing a single aspect of health. Dr. Cole’s comprehensive approach to healing trauma, the gut microbiome, and restoring homeostasis to the body is helping patients reclaim their wellness. </p> <p dir="ltr">Emotional stress has the power to reduce the effectiveness of your healthy habits, which is why you cannot separate mental health from your physical well-being. Dr.Cole guides you through a thorough analysis of your physical and emotional traumas to find the underlying factors causing chronic disease, thyroid issues, and digestive disorders. Join us as we uncover how your gut and emotional health affect your physical body!</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">KEY TAKEAWAYS</p> <p dir="ltr">[3:00] The relationship between mental and physical health </p> <p dir="ltr">[6:00] How mental, emotional, and spiritual components impact the physical body </p> <p dir="ltr">[8:00] Shameflammation: the connection between stress and inflammation </p> <p dir="ltr">[12:00] Orthorexia and the overwhelmed of healthy eating</p> <p dir="ltr">[17:00] Looking at the aspects of your health that are often overlooked</p> <p dir="ltr">[20:00] How adverse childhood trauma leads to the destruction of the self</p> <p dir="ltr">[23:00] Intergenerational trauma: epigenetic heirlooms that predispose you to disease</p> <p dir="ltr">[27:00] Metabolising trauma: Healing without knowing the cause </p> <p dir="ltr">[29:00] Polyvagal theory and understanding how trauma can be stored in the body</p> <p dir="ltr">[